Pioneering Hip-Hop Rappers of the '80s

The Fatback Band's "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" (1979) predates the release of "Rapper's Delight" by a few months so is considered the first of its kind to make it from recording studio to vinyl. The group's bigger hits soon followed: "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)" and "Backstrokin'." (Gilles Petard/Redferns)